This news item as it appeared in the Eldon Advertiser, April 16, 1936-Eldon, Missouri Otto Ferguson of Kansas City, grandson of Comrade John Ferguson of Iberia, met instant death Tuesday morning of last week when a Transcontinental and Western Air Transport liner, of which he was pilot, crashed in a storm against a Pennsylvania mountainside near Uniontown, killing besides himself, his copilot and nine passengers. The cause was not definitely determined. Mrs. Ferguson is the niece of H. L. Stephens, Eldon Postmaster.
The Iberia Sentinel, April 1936
Frank C. Ferguson and Clarence L. Casey of this place motored to Kansas City last Friday night, where they attended the double funeral services of the former's nephew, pilot Otto Ferguson, and co-pilot Harry G. Lewis, both killed in an airliner crash in Pennsylvania Tuesday of last week.
The combined rites were held in the Stine & McClure chapel Saturday morning in the presence of a large concourse of people. The main and auxiliary chapels were crowded with TWA pilots, members of the air corps reserve, relatives and friends of the two pilots when the Rev. Goodrich R. Fenner, rector of the St. Andrews Episcopal Church, took his place beside the flag-draped caskets. A huge bank of flowers covered the entire rear chapel wall.
Mr. Fenner spoke the plain ritual service of the Episcopal Church without eulogy or sermon. Both Mrs. Ferguson and Mrs. Lewis are connected with the St. Andrews Episcopal Church. The pallbearers were TWA pilots, members of the army corps reserve and other close friends of the two men.
Immediately after the funeral services the body of Mr. Ferguson was taken to Versailles for burial and that of Mr. Lewis to Columbus, Kansas.
When the body of pilot Ferguson arrived at Versailles a large crowd had gathered at the cemetery to pay their last tribute of respect to the departed airman. Brief final rites were held at the grave at three o'clock in the afternoon while two U.S. Army planes droned overhead. In their last salute to the dead pilot, the flyers dropped floral wreaths on the grave.
The Iberia Sentinel, April 1936
Frank C. Ferguson and Clarence L. Casey of this place motored to Kansas City last Friday night, where they attended the double funeral services of the former's nephew, pilot Otto Ferguson, and co-pilot Harry G. Lewis, both killed in an airliner crash in Pennsylvania Tuesday of last week.
The combined rites were held in the Stine & McClure chapel Saturday morning in the presence of a large concourse of people. The main and auxiliary chapels were crowded with TWA pilots, members of the air corps reserve, relatives and friends of the two pilots when the Rev. Goodrich R. Fenner, rector of the St. Andrews Episcopal Church, took his place beside the flag-draped caskets. A huge bank of flowers covered the entire rear chapel wall.
Mr. Fenner spoke the plain ritual service of the Episcopal Church without eulogy or sermon. Both Mrs. Ferguson and Mrs. Lewis are connected with the St. Andrews Episcopal Church. The pallbearers were TWA pilots, members of the army corps reserve and other close friends of the two men.
Immediately after the funeral services the body of Mr. Ferguson was taken to Versailles for burial and that of Mr. Lewis to Columbus, Kansas.
When the body of pilot Ferguson arrived at Versailles a large crowd had gathered at the cemetery to pay their last tribute of respect to the departed airman. Brief final rites were held at the grave at three o'clock in the afternoon while two U.S. Army planes droned overhead. In their last salute to the dead pilot, the flyers dropped floral wreaths on the grave.
This news item as it appeared in the Eldon Advertiser, April 16, 1936-Eldon, Missouri Otto Ferguson of Kansas City, grandson of Comrade John Ferguson of Iberia, met instant death Tuesday morning of last week when a Transcontinental and Western Air Transport liner, of which he was pilot, crashed in a storm against a Pennsylvania mountainside near Uniontown, killing besides himself, his copilot and nine passengers. The cause was not definitely determined. Mrs. Ferguson is the niece of H. L. Stephens, Eldon Postmaster.
The Iberia Sentinel, April 1936
Frank C. Ferguson and Clarence L. Casey of this place motored to Kansas City last Friday night, where they attended the double funeral services of the former's nephew, pilot Otto Ferguson, and co-pilot Harry G. Lewis, both killed in an airliner crash in Pennsylvania Tuesday of last week.
The combined rites were held in the Stine & McClure chapel Saturday morning in the presence of a large concourse of people. The main and auxiliary chapels were crowded with TWA pilots, members of the air corps reserve, relatives and friends of the two pilots when the Rev. Goodrich R. Fenner, rector of the St. Andrews Episcopal Church, took his place beside the flag-draped caskets. A huge bank of flowers covered the entire rear chapel wall.
Mr. Fenner spoke the plain ritual service of the Episcopal Church without eulogy or sermon. Both Mrs. Ferguson and Mrs. Lewis are connected with the St. Andrews Episcopal Church. The pallbearers were TWA pilots, members of the army corps reserve and other close friends of the two men.
Immediately after the funeral services the body of Mr. Ferguson was taken to Versailles for burial and that of Mr. Lewis to Columbus, Kansas.
When the body of pilot Ferguson arrived at Versailles a large crowd had gathered at the cemetery to pay their last tribute of respect to the departed airman. Brief final rites were held at the grave at three o'clock in the afternoon while two U.S. Army planes droned overhead. In their last salute to the dead pilot, the flyers dropped floral wreaths on the grave.
The Iberia Sentinel, April 1936
Frank C. Ferguson and Clarence L. Casey of this place motored to Kansas City last Friday night, where they attended the double funeral services of the former's nephew, pilot Otto Ferguson, and co-pilot Harry G. Lewis, both killed in an airliner crash in Pennsylvania Tuesday of last week.
The combined rites were held in the Stine & McClure chapel Saturday morning in the presence of a large concourse of people. The main and auxiliary chapels were crowded with TWA pilots, members of the air corps reserve, relatives and friends of the two pilots when the Rev. Goodrich R. Fenner, rector of the St. Andrews Episcopal Church, took his place beside the flag-draped caskets. A huge bank of flowers covered the entire rear chapel wall.
Mr. Fenner spoke the plain ritual service of the Episcopal Church without eulogy or sermon. Both Mrs. Ferguson and Mrs. Lewis are connected with the St. Andrews Episcopal Church. The pallbearers were TWA pilots, members of the army corps reserve and other close friends of the two men.
Immediately after the funeral services the body of Mr. Ferguson was taken to Versailles for burial and that of Mr. Lewis to Columbus, Kansas.
When the body of pilot Ferguson arrived at Versailles a large crowd had gathered at the cemetery to pay their last tribute of respect to the departed airman. Brief final rites were held at the grave at three o'clock in the afternoon while two U.S. Army planes droned overhead. In their last salute to the dead pilot, the flyers dropped floral wreaths on the grave.
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